Digital ASIC @ Ericsson...2015/09/29 · – Several courses within leadership, economics and this one! ›Current Assignment – Head of HW Design Lund ›Ericsson Experience –
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Digital ASIC @ Ericsson - Igor Tasevski, Head of HW Design Lund September 29 th 2015
Digital ASIC @ Ericsson - Igor Tasevski, Head of HW Design Lund
September 29th 2015
Ericsson Internal | 2015-09-27 | Page 2
› Introduction – Me – This is Ericsson
› Digital ASIC Development
– Ericsson Lund – Design Flow – Systemization and Design – Verification – Challenges
› Q&A
Agenda
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› Education – M.SC in Electrical Engineering, major in
Telecom – Several courses within leadership, economics
and this one!
› Current Assignment – Head of HW Design Lund
› Ericsson Experience – Section Manager, Digital ASIC
Implementation – Section Manager, Digital ASIC System
Verification – Department Manager, Use Case Validation – Technical Manager, Multimedia validation – Team Leader, Streaming Services – SW Development Engineer, Streaming &
Video Telephony
Igor Tasevski
This is Ericsson
Presenter
Presentation Notes
This presentation is intended for an external audience with minor telecom knowledge, with the purpose to give a clear and impressive picture of Ericsson and our role in the world. The presentation is updated according to our latest annual report and with the Mobility report releases. Last update: Maj-2015
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A connected world is just the beginning
NETWORKED SOCIETY
Presenter
Presentation Notes
Our new vision is “A Networked Society, where every person and every industry is empowered to reach their full potential”. Connectivity is the starting point for new ways of innovating, collaborating and socializing. The Networked Society starts with connections, between devices and things but more importantly it is about the big ideas that become possible and will shape benefits to people. The Networked Society, as we see it, is based on four key elements: People: all of us, using connectivity to live, work and play more freely Things: everything that benefits from being connected is connected – from phones and tablets, to cars and containers, to classrooms and clinics Interactivity: the ways that all these people and things communicate with each other, for example through mobile broadband and cloud Big ideas: game-changing innovations and services that connects what people want and need with things and interactivity and create something entirely new and beneficial to people, business and society Seen in that light, the Networked Society is a global movement. It is positive change driven across borders by people, business, governments and NGOs. The shaping of the Networked Society is a constant collaboration between companies from many different sectors, ambitious governments, and all people, all with different contributions to a shared future. We have taken a leading role in this movement since the start and actively seek the best ways to collaborate with others to realize our vision.
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Our vision
A Networked Society where every person and every industry is empowered to reach their full potential
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Presentation Notes
Our new vision is “A Networked Society, where every person and every industry is empowered to reach their full potential” This means we are not satisfied until the Networked Society brings benefits to all – from multinational companies to children in school – from big cities to rural villages. Every person and industry has a unique potential that our technologies and services can help to fulfill, and this is our ultimate goal as a company.
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2014 At a glance
MOBILE INFRASTRUCTURE
OPERATIONS & BUSINESS SUPPORT SOLUTIONS
TELECOM SERVICES
TV PLATFORMS
37,000 25,700
65,000
2.5 billion
1 billion
180
118,000
Subscribers managed by us
Subscribers
supported by us
Services
professionals
Employees
Countries with customers
R&D Employees
Patents
In R&D
228 B. SEK Net Sales 2014
36 B. SEK
#1
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So, we´re leading the movement to shape the Networked Society, but what type of company are we? Let’s have a look at us at a glance. We are a truly global ICT Company, number 1 within Mobile infrastructure, Operations and Business support solutions, Telecom services and TV platforms. With mobile infrastructure we mean network elements all the way from superior antennas and radio base stations to advanced policy functionality in the core networks. With Operations and Business support systems we mean all the systems and software that manage the operations of the network and the relationship to customers. This ranges from CRM systems and billing functionality to automatically optimizing network resources in real time. With Telecom services we mean everything from strategic consulting services and software integration, to building and rolling out a physical network and of course, running those networks for our customers through an outsourcing approach. With TV Platform we mean IPTV platforms that give service providers the tools they need to create fully interactive, customizable TV experiences. We employ over 118 000 people. Together we speak about every language that exists in the world. We have customers in over 180 countries, and in fact we entered many of them, from USA to South Africa to China, well over a hundred years ago. We have over 37 000 granted patents comprising of one of the industry’s largest portfolios. Through licensing these patents we give other companies the possibility to access and build upon our technology which could be a starting point for new innovation for others We invest heavily in R&D: on average 33 billion SEK (or 5 billion USD) in the last five years and under 2014 36 billion SEK. Our annual net sales is about 228 billion SEK, which equals about 33 billion USD or 1 billion crowns every weekday. 40% of all mobile traffic runs through networks supplied by us and 1 billion subscribers in networks managed by us. Every year we do more than 1500 consulting and systems integrations projects. With our long history, our global scale and local presence we are trusted as a global authority and thought leader in the ICT field. Every year we meet over 100 government delegations from across the world to discuss how they can evolve in the Networked Society and create a better quality of life for their citizens- we can truly say we know what it takes to shape the Networked Society.
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‘Communication Is a basic Human need’
ericssonhistory.com Im
pact
on
soci
ety
Mobile telephone system A, MTA
Bluetooth, 3G Ericsson R380 Smartphone
4G
Ericsson was founded
1900 1950 2000 2020 1850 1800
Electric Telegraphy
Automatic telephony switch
NMT
AXE
GSM, 2G
Wireless telegraphy
Networked Society
5G
SMS
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Presentation Notes
Let´s now change perspectives. From what we are today, to where we have come from - our heritage. Our company name comes from Lars Magnus Ericsson who founded the company in 1876. He did so with what was at the time, a revolutionary idea – that “communication is a basic human need”. While others saw technology for the privileged few, Lars-Magnus saw uses and benefits for the many. This idea influences how we see our business and what we do even to this day. Looking back in time, mankind has always pursued the frontier of communication. From cave paintings and smoke signals, to Morse code and signal lamps, to telephones and the Internet. Since our founding 139 years ago, communication has progressed immensely, and changed every aspect of life across the world. We have had a leading role in many of the world-shaping innovations that we have seen in the 20th century and beyond. On our innovation journey we have made leading contributions to what became global standards: GSM, the first fully global standard for mobile telephony. (1991) 3G, the first data-centric mobile standard. (first 3G call 2001) 4G, the first mobile broadband technology that performs just as well as fixed broadband. (2008) That, plus many other communication innovations, for example: The world’s first international call. The automatic telephony switching technology was implemented continually covering more and more users during the years 1920-1970. (Before, there was actually a person switching an actual chord for each telephone call. Imagine that today when 5 billion people call and text each other hundreds of billion times every day.) We invented Bluetooth, the first widespread technology for the mobile transfer of data directly between devices. We invented Erlang, the programming language which the world’s largest social network (Facebook) is built on. We even launched the first computer-like mobile phone (Ericsson R380) and coined the term “Smartphone” back in 1997 when we also produced telephone devices. We always start with the changing needs of people, business and societies when we develop new products and services. So the journey of Ericsson really started with the birth of the telephone in the 1870’s, and since then we have been an innovator and driving force behind just about every new communication and information technology.
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PACE OF CHANGE
1900 2010 2000
10
30
50
15 years 26 billion connected devices
25 years 5 billion connected people
100 years 1 billion connected places
20
40
Con
nect
ions
(bill
ion)
2020
Our vision 50 billion connected devices
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Customer
TELECOM OPERATORS
TV & MEDIA
UTILITIES
PUBLIC SAFETY
TRANSPORT
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So who are our customers? We can largely divide them into two groups: Our main customer segment is Telecom Operators and we are the global leader in supplying them with both technology and services. Our strategy is to excel and grow even further thanks to our market leadership. We work with major operators on all continents around the world, and constantly help them to push their boundaries for user experience and operational efficiency. The other part is what we call transforming Industries. This is really our growth market, as all sectors, from healthcare and education, to media and retail, to automotive and transport, to energy, finance and government are all looking to reinvent their value- creation through connectivity. Our strategy is to strengthen our position and establish us as leader also in these areas. We want to explore and commercialize emerging opportunities within and between those sectors. Sometimes we do this in direct collaboration with these companies, and sometimes we do it together with our operator customers.
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a TALENTED WORKFORCE
187 25k 44% languages are spoken by our employees
of our employees are dedicated to R&D
of our employees are under the age of 35
118,000 employees
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All these great ground braking examples is of course a result of a long term outstanding teamwork, both between us and our clients, but also within our own organization. So, let us now take a closer look at our organization. Our 118 000 employees are spread over the world, serving customers in 180 countries. Most my colleagues are employed in four locations; Sweden (17,580), North America (15,516), North East Asia (13,464) and India (19,971) Moving beyond our locations and looking more to who we are, we’ll see that we are a quite young organization with close to half our work force under the age of 35 years. We speak 187 different languages around the globe. And 90% of our employees believe that our core values are relevant to them as individuals and to us as an organization. If needed, more information could be: 25,000 people work within R&D just over 65,000 colleagues are active within Services.
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A GLOBAL TEAM in 145 countries
21.7
12.6
15.5
11.1 2.4
13.4 3.9
20.0
4.1
13.5
x1,000 employees
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As a global company, we have created an efficient go-to-market organization based on 10 regions. Backed by our collective global knowledge, our regional competence and close customer relationships provide a solid foundation for profitable growth. In each of our regions, we work closely with customers to develop innovative, scalable solutions that help them increase revenue and reduce costs. (numbers from Dec 31, 2014) We share best practices across regions, which boosts both quality and efficiency. When a successful customer solution is identified and proven in one region, we can roll it out around the world, sharing common processes, methods and tools. This knowledge-sharing, the expertise and local knowledge gained through working closely with customers combine to create global scale, another of the pillars of our business success.
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4 business units to best reflect our business
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To best reflect our business, Ericsson has four business units each of which is responsible for developing and maintaining its specific portfolio of products, solutions and services. (We report according to our segments) Business Unit Radio and Cloud & IP (Segment Network) We provide the network infrastructure needed for mobile and fixed communication, including 2G, 3G and 4G radio networks, and IP core and transport networks. Our cost-efficient networks offer superior performance and ensure a quality user experience. Business Unit Support Solutions (Segment Support Solutions) The Support Solutions segment focuses on software for operations and business support systems (OSS and BSS), as well as TV and media management, and m-commerce. Business Unit Global Services (Segment Global Services) Through our 65,000 services professionals around the world, we deploy, operate and evolve networks and related support systems. Global Services includes professional services and network rollout.
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Ericsson Radio Systems 2G 3G 4G
Radio Base Station
What people see
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Which part is digital parts what is analog What is radio and baseband
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Digital ASIC Development
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Ericsson Lund 30 years experience in devices
Galaxy Note 4
NMT, GSM, D-AMPS, PDC
3G devices from Sony, Samsung, Sharp, Blackberry, …
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We have developed modem that is out on the market with one of the most demanding customers out there. Product has been through and passed all quality assurance steps to be out on the market.
Integration • Single RF IC, >17 bands • Single Digital IC, all RATs • Multicore ARM/DSP • Linux
Energy Efficiency • Processing and data flows • 150/50 Mbps at less than 1W • Idle at few mW
Customer Interaction • Daily deliveries • Fast response rate
Ways of Working • Continuous integration • Agile
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MultiRAT, we have developed both SW and HW architecture that supports LTE (TDD & FDD), WCDMA, GSM and TD-SCMDA Integration: 3 chip solution, 2 chips (3 dies), many frequency bands and few components Energy efficiency….power save is key in modems and battery life time for end users Ways of working. -continuous integration and daily customer deliveries -We have with a lof of support from WMR and LMR introduced Agile ways of working and have seen positive result from that in quality and scope and transparency that helps a lot. Close customer interaction -we have a lot of experience from working close with customers -fast response rate on trouble report etc -a machinery with daily deliveries to the customer
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Coding (RTL) Synthesis Production Samples P&R
Spec Floorplan
System Design RF Design Production Verification
RF IC Design Production Verification Samples
DESIGN FLOW
ASIC Vendor
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System Design Process
platform & App
Architect System
SoC IP cores D&V
Chip D&V
SW TOOLS
Board D&V
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What is an IP core?
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TYPICAL ASIC DESIGN FLOW
Processor cores BIST & TAPC RAMs PLL
Coding
Specification
Synthesis
Place & Route
Production
Prototypes
Floorplanning
Ericsson
ASIC vendor
IP (macros)
Front-end
Back-end
Design & verification of - function - timing - power
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SoC Architecture
Silicon Technology
Software Scalability and
Efficiency Product
Requirements
› Products – Scalability from low capacity to large – Cost and power
› Software scalability and
programming efficiency – Ease of programming
› Silicon Technology
– The physics to get performance and efficiency
› SoC architecture – A many-core architecture evolving
